The Health Plus Letter
August 14, 2008 Vol. 6, No. 18
By Larry Trivieri, Jr. – founder & publisher
http://www.1healthyworld.com
Table Of Contents
New This Issue
Quote of the Day
Fast Fact
The Burzynski Breakthrough for Cancer (Part 3)
AOL Shills For Big Pharma
Vaccines by Ingrid Naiman
Reader Feedback
Recommendation
Medical Freedom
Contact Information
New This Issue
Welcome to another issue of The Health Plus Letter. This week, you’ll find the final installment of my article the impressive work by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski and the successes he’s had treating cancer using the antineoplaston therapy he developed.
Also in this issue is a very important alert by Orthomolecular Medicine News Service on how Big Pharma (in this case, specifically Merck, those kinds folks who brought us their death-causing drug and their current harmful, fatal Gardasil vaccine) has effectively placing their propaganda against vitamins and other natural supplements onto AOL. Needless to say, this is certainly not the only place within the media that Big Pharma is placing their propaganda.
I’m also including an excellent overview of the dangers of and faulty science regarding many vaccines, written by Ingrid Naiman, a woman with an extensive background in health and healing. You’ll also find a very interesting email I received from a naturopath regarding last issue, along with my reply to him.
As always, please continue to send me your comments and suggestions. And please spread the word about The Health Plus Letter by passing it along to your friends and inviting them to subscribe.
Quote Of The Day
“Why shouldn’t you always hope for the best?”
-- Grant Morrison
Fast Fact
Cancers such as breast, colon, and prostate cancer, are seven to sixty times more prevalent in the US and other Western nations than they are in Asia.
Source: World Cancer Report, World Health Organization, 2003
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The Burzynski Breakthrough for Cancer (Part 3)
A Disgraceful Travesty
Because of the successful outcomes achieved by many cancer patients who undergo antineoplaston therapy, doctors and researchers all around the world are conducting their own clinical trials and other research into antineoplastons. Together, they have published hundreds of papers that confirm Dr. Burzynski’s own findings.
Internationally, Dr. Burzynski is regarded as a true medical trailblazer, as was made clear during a lecture before the Ninth International Symposium on Future Trends in Chemotherapy that was held in Geneva, Switzerland in March 1990. The authors of the presented significant positive outcomes achieved by antineoplaston therapy in both clinical and pre-clinical trials conducted in the United States, as well as in other countries, including China, Japan, and Poland. Among these successes were documented complete remissions of advanced and inoperable metastatic ovarian and prostate cancers. Both of these types of cancer almost never respond to conventional cancer care.
Commenting on these results, one of the authors of the presentation, Dvorit Samid, PhD, said, “Such a dramatic phenomenon is rarely seen,” and added, “I am very excited about these findings.”
Despite such acclaim abroad, however, here in his adopted homeland, Dr. Burzynski was for many years a target of government persecution that surpassed anything he faced in communist Poland. The aim of that persecution had two aims. The first was to publicly discredit Dr. Burzynski and his work. The second was far more ominous.
The federal government, using taxpayer dollars, not only repeatedly tried to close down Dr. Burzynski’s clinic, it also tried to send him to prison!
The attacks on Dr. Burzynski began in 1983, six years after a scientific study documented that 86 percent of patients with advanced cases of cancer improved after receiving antineoplaston therapy. Of those patients, 19 percent achieved complete remission, a success rate that to this remains far greater than anything achieved by conventional medicine for advanced cases of cancer.
Despite being well aware of this study, the American Cancer Society (ACS) placed antineoplaston therapy on its Unproven Methods blacklist. Moreover, in doing so, the ACS lied, stating that it “does not have evidence that treatments with antineoplaston results in objective benefit.” Tell that to the 19 percent of the 1977 study participants who achieved complete recoveries!
Taking their cue from the ACS, in that same year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) filed suit against Dr. Burzynski, ordering him to stop his research and to cease manufacturing antineoplastons. Dr. Burzynski appealed this suit, and a federal judge agreed to allow him to continue his work within the state of Texas. The judge also ruled that Burzynski’s clinic could stay open and that he could go on manufacturing antineoplastons.
But there was one important aspect of the judge’s ruling that gave the federal government the ammunition they needed to continue to harass Dr. B. For the judge also ruled that neither he nor his employees and associates could ship antineoplastons across Texas state lines. To do so would be a crime!
That meant that cancer patients outside of Texas would have to somehow obtain antineoplastons on their own if they wished to continue their treatments once they left Dr. Burtzynski’s clinic. Obviously, this made treatment for patients who did not live in Texas more difficult to receive. It is also more than likely that this ruling discouraged or prevented non-Texans who might otherwise been helped by Dr. Burzynski from seeking antineoplaston therapy in the first place.
Such harassment of Dr. Burzynski was only the beginning. In July 1985, the FDA stepped up its campaign against him by sending their agents, along with federal marshals, to raid the Burzynski Research Institute. The search warrant used for this raid was found to be illegal, but that didn’t stop the FDA, whose agents seized more than 200,000 confidential documents, including patient medical records. Although Dr. Burzynski sued the FDA for this raid, the documents and medical records were not returned to him.
Further harassment followed, and by 1988, Dr. Burzynski had been brought before two federal criminal grand juries. But both grand juries refused to charge him with any crimes.
The FDA did not give up, however. And in November 1995 it finally succeeded in bringing criminal charges against Dr. Burzynski, alleging, among other things, that he had violated the 1983 ruling that prohibited him and his employees and other associates from shipping antineoplastons across Texas state lines. In all, Dr. Burzynski was charged with 75 counts of criminal behavior, ranging from contempt of court to sh0pping unapproved drugs across state lines and insurance fraud. Had he been found guilty on all 75 counts, his prison sentence would have been 300 years!
In order to stack their odds further in their favor, government prosecutors succeeded in getting the judge who presided over the trial to exclude any and all testimony in defense of antineoplaston therapy and Dr. Burzynski’s work with cancer patients. “Whether or not any patient of former patient believes Dr. Burzynski’s drug is effective is not going to be an issue,” the judge told the jurors. “We are not going to be hearing evidence of whether any drug or treatment is effective or not.”
Although he was indicted in 1995, Dr. Burzynski’s trial did not begin until January 1997. Throughout its course, though they were not allowed to testify in his behalf, many former cancer patients whose lives had been saved by Dr. Burzynski daily protested outside of the courthouse, and the trial became national news.
The trial lasted for eight weeks. In the end, the jury could not come to a unanimous decision about even one of the 75 counts brought against Dr. Burzynski. One most of the charges, they informed the judge that they were split 6-6. Faced with this deadlock, the judge declared a mistrial. As a result, the judge was forced to convene a new jury and schedule a second criminal trial for Dr. Burzynski that began in mid-May of the same year.
This time, justice prevailed. Before the second trial even began, the judge threw many of the 75 counts of crime that Dr. Burzynski had been indicted with, due to lack of evidence. Then, on the opening day of the second trial, the lead prosecutor dropped another 40 interstate commerce charges against Dr. Burzynski. The sole remaining count was a contempt of court charge that accused Dr. B of violating the 1983 ruling that prohibited him from shipping antineoplastons across state lines.
On May 27, 1997, less than three hours after the second trial ended, the new jury found Dr. Burzynski not guilty.
However, ever since the trial’s end, Dr. Burzynski is no longer free to provide antineoplaston therapy to all patients who want it. Instead, before anyone can receive treatment with antineoplastons, they must first qualify to participate in FDA-approved clinical trials.
Clinical Trials And Further Breakthroughs
Clinical trials are very restrictive, meaning that only a limited number of patients can be admitted. Even so, the results of the trials so far are very impressive. At the time of this writing, the Burzynski Research Clinic has come to the end of an extensive phase II trial program under FDA supervision. In all, 12 phase II trials have reached their conclusion and have shown remarkable anticancer activity in the treatment of otherwise incurable brain tumors.
In addition, on September 7, 2004, the FDA granted Orphan Drug status for antineoplastons A10 and AS2-1 for the treatment of brainstem gliomas. (Orphan drug is the name given to any drug developed under the Orphan Drug Act of January 1983, a federal law concerning rare, or “orphan,” diseases, which are defined as diseases affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the United States or which have a prevalence of less than 5 cases per 10,000 people. The granting of orphan drug status is designed to encourage the development of drugs which are necessary but would be prohibitively expensive an unprofitable to develop under normal circumstances. Dr. Burzynski has been developing A10 and AS2-1 for many years at his own expense. A glioma is a type of cancer that originates in the brain or spine. It is called a glioma because it arises from specific cells of the brain and spine known as glial cells.)
During the phase II trials a total of 87 children with inoperable brainstem gliomas were treated with antineoplaston therapy. Of these, 62 children had recurring tumors and 25 had been newly diagnosed with brainstem gliomas. The trial results showed a complete response (complete disappearance of tumors) rate for antineoplaston therapy that was significantly higher than the complete response rate for brainstem glioma patients who receive radiation.
Of the newly diagnosed children who received antineoplaston therapy, 32 percent achieved a complete response rate. Overall, 66 percent of the children were still alive after six months, 44 percent at one year, and 36 percent at two years. As of this writing, 24 percent of the children are still alive and cancer-free more than five years later. This compares to only seven percent survival at two years and no survival at five years with standard radiation therapy, which is the only conventional cancer treatment available for children with brainstem gliomas.
Based on the results of the phase II trials, the FDA has recommended that Dr. Burzynski prepare a treatment protocol for phase III trials. As of this writing, FDA approval for this protocol is expected to be granted within the next few months. Should Dr. Burzynski receive FDA approval to proceed with phase III trials, he will become the first person outside of the conventional medical field to ever be granted such approval by the agency.
In addition to the above results, in 2007 Dr. Burzynski presented data at the Annual Symposium of the Society of Neuro-oncology that proved that one of his patients with inoperable brainstem glioma who had previously failed to respond to radiation treatment, was still alive more than 20 years after receiving antineoplaston therapy. His laboratory research has also greatly expanded due to the cooperation with a number of universities. “We did studies of the effect of antineoplaston ingredients on the entire genome in malignant brain tumor cells and normal animal brains,” he reports. “We found that antineoplastons decrease activity of 71 genes that are crucial in promotion of cancer, and increase activity of 21 genes that fight cancer and increase body immunity.” In comparison, Avastin, the current best selling drug in the area of gene targeted therapy, works only on a single gene.
Exciting and impressive as the above results are, Dr. Burzynki’s primary concern remains helping patients with cancer survive. Because he is severely limited in terms of the number of patients he can admit in his FDA-sanctioned clinical trials, he has looked for other ways to help patients who do not qualify for such trials. One promising solution is the drug buphenyl (phenylbutyrate), which is now available as a prescription medication. Dr. Burzynski now uses biphenyl in his private practice because it is metabolized in the liver into antineoplaston AS2-1. “Unfortunately, buphenyl is available in tablets,” he says. “This seriously limits the anticancer activity. We found a solution to this problem by combining buphenyl with a new generation of medications that work on genes involving cancer.”
Today, the Burzynski Clinic treats patients diagnosed with over 50 different types of cancer, including breast, prostate, colon, lung, head and neck, ovarian, pancreatic, esophageal, liver, kidney, bladder, brain, malignant melanoma, and lymphoma. Additionally, his research team, along with researchers in Europe and Japan independent of the Burzynski Clinic, have published reports documenting objective (measurable) responses in breast, colon, lung, liver, prostate, and bladder cancers, as well as different types of brain tumors.
Nor is cancer research the only area of interest for Dr. Burzynski. In a recent letter to me, he wrote, “Since I now have more time (because I don’t need to spend time in court), I decided to restart the additional research projects in which I was involved before: anti-aging and mechanisms of memory in the brain. As a result, we came up with a new line if anti-aging supplements, which were cleared by the FDA for marketing in the U.S., and which are also approved for marketing in the European Union and Brazil. In recent animal experiments, it was possible to increase longevity by five times from a single injection of some of our anti-aging ingredients. We are now conducting additional experiments to make sure that such remarkable results will be reproduced.”
Patient Testimonials
More than 10,000 cancer patients have been treated by Dr. Burzynki. Here is a sampling of testimonials from some of those who have benefited from his antineoplaston therapy. As they make clear, Dr. Burzynski’s approach to treating cancer truly does represent one of the most important breakthroughs in the long and otherwise largely unsuccessful war against cancer.
“In early March 2004, I started getting headaches. They slowly got worse. I went to see my doctor and the resulting CAT Scans and X-rays revealed a growth in my brain. Craniotomy was performed on 27 April, 2004. The surgery results showed that I had a GBM (Glioblastoma multiforme, Stage IV). The doctors advised me I had 3-6 months to live.
A brain tumor specialist recommended several new clinical studies. My wife and family were researching other options and found The Burzynski Clinic. None of the other clinical trials that we reviewed showed the success of Dr. Burzynski’s many years of research. We chose to go with the Burzynski Clinic against the recommendations of all our physicians.
Due to the fact that the tumor was growing so quickly, we were racing against time. We traveled to The Burzynski Clinic and walked in not knowing very much about the actual process and treatment. But absolutely everyone that we met or interacted with at the clinic was fantastic and very professional. They made us feel at ease and answered many of our questions. Because I would be participating in a FDA clinical trial, the process started with a very long interview.
My treatment lasted for 6 months. The first MRI was about one month after starting treatment and revealed a 22% reduction in the size of the tumor. Subsequent MRIs revealed a continuous decrease in size of both tumors until they were finally dead and just scar tissue. And they have remained that way!
It has been just over three years since I was first diagnosed. I am fully recovered. I am back in the water relearning how to surf. I walk the dog daily, we are traveling again and life is VERY good. I owe Dr. Burzynski, his staff, and my wife, family and friends a tremendous debt of gratitude that I can never hope to repay. So if I can help you, I would appreciate that opportunity to pass on all the support that I received.”
–James T, 62, brain cancer patient, July 10, 2007
“One Sunday afternoon in May 1997, forty-five year old Susan was taken to the emergency room near her home south of Los Angeles. After an evaluation and a MRI, a neurosurgeon performed an immediate craniotomy in the right temporal area and removed a “brain tumor between the size of a golf ball and a tennis ball”. The biopsy showed it to be a glioblastoma multiforme, grade 4. Her family was told she had “three to four months to live, but this could be extended with radiation.”
The summer of 1997 Susan underwent conventional radiation treatment at a local hospital. August 29, 1997, Susan saw the radiologist in preparation for “gamma knife surgery”. The radiologist began by saying that the measured dimensions of the remaining tumor were of a size that made it difficult to recommend treatment with “gamma knife”. The tumor is 45 mm (almost 2”).
October 28, 1997 Susan underwent a “stereotactic radiosurgical boost therapy of a remnant of right cerebral intrinsic glial tumor.
In May 1998, the second follow-up MRI revealed a tumor of a size that necessitated a second entry at once.
Meanwhile, Susan was pursuing alternative treatments, one of which was the Burzynski Clinic, Houston, Texas. Early in August 1998, Susan went to the Burzynski Clinic and was admitted for treatment. Follow-up MRIs in October and November showed “no evidence of growth”. The follow-up MRI in February 1999 still showed no change.
During 1999, Susan continued the treatment, follow-up MRIs and visits to the Burzynski Clinic every two months. The MRI reports continued to state “no evidence of a recurrent growth”. April 23, 2000, Susan walked into the Burzynski Clinic in Houston for a routine visit with the aid of her walker, but no wheel chair.
May 13, 2000, she completed the 5 Kilometer Revlon Run/Walk for Women 2000, Los Angeles using her walker, occasionally her wheel chair, and aided by a close friend. Certainly, Susan’s life is returning to normal. She readily acknowledges her debt to Doctor Burzynski when he tells her that she may now “expect a normal life span”.
February 2003, she sent the last of two years worth of MRI films with a report that again found no evidence of recurrent growth.
It is hard to believe that ten years have passed since Susan was given “…three to four months to live …”. She continues in good health while she strives to regain her normal life style.”
–Gerald D, father of a brain cancer patient, Susan H, 55, July 6, 2007
“I was diagnosed on April Fools Day 2004, and started my treatment at the Burzynski Clinic 04/21/2004.
Upon my arrival, I was impressed, not only with an attractive and futuristic building but more so by his efficient, courteous and very professional staff. His clinic encompasses several floors within the building to house the various departments needed by the facility.
Under the close care and guidance of the clinic I followed my prescribed protocol at home with my family doctor completely aware and abreast of all developments. My treatment continued over a period of 27 months, 06/30/06 being the last day of any intervention.
A CT scan of the pelvis area plus a AMAS blood test were performed in October 2006. Both showed no evidence of cancer being present.
My friends at the clinic continue to monitor my health and we exchange telephone calls to check each others local weather conditions. But, humor aside and being absolutely serious, I credit the Burzynski Clinic for enabling me to enter the fraternity of people who consider themselves to be cancer survivors.”
- Richard B, 65, Prostate cancer patient, July 13, 2007
“My wife Christine Erikson left for Houston and the Burzynski Clinic in desperation in July of 2006. We had been struggling with my wife’s neck cancer (squamous-cell carcinoma) for about 18 months using every conceivable alternative therapy. All attempts to heal Christine were futile to that point.
As the tumor reached stage 4-5 in early July 2006, we miraculously learned from our new doctor about the success of the Burzynski Clinic. Within 12 days Christine was in Houston at the Burzynski Clinic undergoing a comprehensive evaluation and beginning treatment. Within 5 days of treatment, the tumor literally began falling apart, and by the 12th day of treatment, the tumor had been mostly destroyed. According to the staff at the Clinic, Christine had the most dramatic positive reaction to treatment that they had ever experienced.
One year later in July of 2007, a total body scan revealed that Christine was totally cancer free. After such a profound life-threatening struggle, it took us a while to emotionally grasp and internalize the real message of being “cancer free”.
We are very grateful for the courteous and effective treatment and the continuous concern and the follow-up that Christine has received from the Burzynski Clinic staff. Our story is an unusual success in the treatment of all cancers. We are cancer-free, alive, together, and continuing restoration.”
- Erik & Christine E, Spokane, Neck cancer patient, August 6, 2007
To learn more about Dr. Burzynski and antineoplaston therapy, and to receive a patient information kit, contact:
Burzynski Clinic
9432 Old Katy Road, Suite 200
Houston, Texas 77055
Phone: (713) 335-5697
Fax: (713) 935-0649
www.burzynskiclinic.com
Additional information is also available at the following websites:
http://burzynskipatientgroup.org and http://www.burzynskiresearch.com
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AOL Shills For Big Pharma
(Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, August 7, 2008)
(OMNS, August 7, 2008) Drug Company Propaganda on AOL's Health Page
"AOL's Dangerous Vitamins" (1) is loaded with much more than your recommended daily dose of misinformation. "Medical experts are concerned that you may be at risk for vitamin overload"! "Be wary of high doses"! "Increased risk of all-cause mortality"!
Yes, AOL surely wants you to stop taking vitamins. Dangerous, they say. Overdoses, they say.
Baloney. Where are the bodies? According to 24 years of nation-wide data collected by the American Association of Poison Control Centers, there is not even one death per year from vitamin "overdosing." (2) Half of the population takes them, and the more they take, the healthier they are. (3) Vitamins have long been proven exceptionally safe, even in high doses. (4)
How come AOL does not know that vitamin supplements are safe and effective? Or do they? Let's take a closer look. A small web page note indicates that the "Dangerous Vitamins" article is "presented by Journey for Control." Say, guess who "Journey for Control" really is? Click the link and see for yourself: "Journey for Control is a trademark of Merck & Co., Inc." Yes, that is indeed the huge drug conglomerate. How about that: an anti-vitamin article promoted by a drug company. [It appears AOL has taken down this link as of this writing. No doubt because they don’t want to call attention to this blatant proof of the propaganda they are running. – LT]
One word question: Why? One word answer: Cash. At the Merck website, you can get a load of their dollar-driven agenda. Merck is on a "journey for control," to be sure. They want information control to consumers. For instance, Merck believes that "Direct-to-Consumer Advertising contributes to greater public awareness about conditions and diseases, as well as available treatments." And as for lobbying, Merck believes it just fine "where government initiatives to control health care costs and regulate the health care system will directly affect the Company's business and the incentives for pharmaceutical innovation."
Note that telling last phrase, "directly affect the Company's business and the incentives for pharmaceutical innovation." The biggest threat to big pharma profits is a healthy populace that does not use their expensive drugs. People who take more vitamins are healthier than people than people who take too few: it is just that simple. Thousands of peer-reviewed research studies show this over and over again: Vitamin therapy is very safe and very effective. Merck Pharmaceutical and their mercenary information-puppet AOL don't much like it.
Conspiracy thinking, you say? Unfortunately, no. The US Food and Drug Administration, whose task is supposedly to regulate the drug industry, agrees that high-dose vitamin preparations are direct competition for their pet clients, the pharmaceutical industry. Nothing new there. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Policy David Adams, at the Drug Information Association Annual Meeting, back in July 12, 1993, said:
"Pay careful attention to what is happening with dietary supplements in the legislative arena... If these efforts are successful, there could be created a class of products to compete with approved drugs. The establishment of a separate regulatory category for supplements could undercut exclusivity rights enjoyed by the holders of approved drug applications."
And the FDA Dietary Task Force Report, released June 15, 1993, said:
"The task force considered many issues in its deliberations including to ensure that the existence of dietary supplements on the market does not act as a disincentive for drug development."
This is the real reason Merck Pharmaceutical seeks shills to generate anti-vitamin propaganda. Since Merck Pharmaceutical can't get this control without media help, they get AOL's editorial staff to do their work for them. There is no mistake about it: the author of "Dangerous Vitamins" is Caroline Howard, who, says her AOL bio, is a "senior editor on AOL's Health site."
Neither her previous job experience "as photo editor for the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, AP, and the Village Voice," nor her bachelor's degree in social science and photography, nor even her master's in journalism especially qualify her as a nutrition expert. And yet there it is; nutritional nonsense online for millions to see. "Dangerous Vitamins" is crude vitamin-bashing, written by AOL, bankrolled by Merck, and read by you. And your friends and your family.
It is time to say it out loud: AOL is on the take. Now you know. Click away from AOL. Get your nutrition news elsewhere, somewhere where the "information" is not bought and paid for by big pharma.
References:
(1) http://www.aolhealth.com/healthy-living/nutrition/vitamin-safety? [be sure to include the question mark in the link]
(2) Annual Reports of the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poisoning and Exposure Database (AAPCC), 3201 New Mexico Avenue, Ste. 330, Washington, DC 20016. Download any report from1983-2006 at http://www.aapcc.org/dnn/NationalPoisonDataSystem/AnnualReports/tabid/125/Default.aspx free of charge. The "Vitamin" category is usually near the end of the report.
(3) http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v03n11.shtml Block G, Jensen CD, Norkus EP, Dalvi TB, Wong LG, McManus JF, Hudes ML. Usage patterns, health, and nutritional status of long-term multiple dietary supplement users: a cross-sectional study. Nutr J. 2007 Oct 24;6(1):30
(4) http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/index.shtml
Nutritional Medicine is Orthomolecular Medicine.
Orthomolecular medicine uses safe, effective nutritional therapy to fight illness. For more information: http://www.orthomolecular.org
The peer-reviewed Orthomolecular Medicine News Service is a non-profit and non-commercial informational resource.
Editorial Review Board:
Carolyn Dean, M.D., N.D.
Damien Downing, M.D.
Harold D. Foster, Ph.D.
Steve Hickey, Ph.D.
Abram Hoffer, M.D., Ph.D.
James A. Jackson, PhD
Bo H. Jonsson, MD, Ph.D
Thomas Levy, M.D., J.D.
Erik Paterson, M.D.
Gert E. Shuitemaker, Ph.D.
Andrew W. Saul, Ph.D., Editor and contact person. Email: omns@orthomolecular.org
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Vaccines by Ingrid Naiman
Long before the media was completely overtaken by "the corporate agenda," there was a documentary on flu vaccines that rattled my cage. Apparently, according to the producers, one cannot know in advance which of the many possible influenzas will make the rounds in any given flu season. Ergo, committees sit around and haggle over the various premonitions individual participants might have. I am intentionally using unscientific language because the process used is unscientific. They might as well use a ouija board, but millions of people, mainly elderly people, will blindly follow the advice of these pundits and subject themselves to serums that likely as not have never been tested. Oh, yes, this was another shock. Because the concept of vaccination is so well "understood," the need for clinical trials is not deemed necessary. Oh, and we might as well add that expiry dates are now also meaningless. So, pardon the language, but if it was guesswork before, it's pure insanity now.
Now, we have an even more unique "situation" in the making. A virus [Avian flu – LT] is alleged to have jumped species and caused precisely 79 deaths worldwide; 100% of these deaths occurred among people who had direct contact with poultry, including, in one case, a dead swan in Azerbaijan. There was a "cluster" of deaths, enough to cause global alarm, in Sumatra and seven people died.
I didn't make this up, I took the "facts" from the CDC web site:
http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/gen-info/avian-flu-humans.htm
However, based on these really scary figures, governments around the world are preparing for a global pandemic. The Guardian has this story:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/21/pandemic.warning
A parliamentary committee has determined -- with their sixth sense? -- that 75,000 humans will die in a pandemic of bird flu.
The race for a vaccine:
January 26, 2006: University of Pittsburgh researchers have developed a vaccine that is 100% effective for birds. It's genetically engineered: http://www.physorg.com/news10302.html
April 17, 2007: FDA approves bird flu vaccine. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18156492/
May 19, 2008: EU approves vaccine: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/19/business/glaxo.php
Oh, hey, but wait, they tried a vaccine on indigents in Poland and the Minister of Health went a bit ballistic:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/poland/2235676/Homeless-people-die-after-bird-flu-vaccine-trial-in-Poland.htm
June 11, 2008: another miracle, a vaccine that "appears to be safe for humans" http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_65696.html
Oh, but wait, before we had a safe vaccine, we already accepted delivery of a different one:
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/NEWS/805140342
I don't know who is in charge of the world in which we find ourselves, but I think some big time mismanagement has occurred.
Want to protect yourself: stay away from sick swans in Aberbaijan and poultry farms in Sumatra. Oh, and don't hold your arm out under a needle or use imported feathers from Guangdong to rub the sleep sand out of your eyes. If you follow these really simple safety precautions, you should be fine unless, unless, unless someone is monkeying around. If there is a pandemic, there will clearly be cause for investigation.
If anyone is alive to investigate, they better try the labs, not bird farms because the really dangerous and virulent avian flu killed 79 people in nine countries over several years, not quite the Black Death unless someone wants it to become such.
Many blessings,
Ingrid
http://www.sacredmedicinesanctuary.com
Reader Feedback
Earl Conroy BSc, DC, ND, from New Zealand writes:
“1) Antineoplastons: From what I gather Dr Burzynski is doing amazing work. What I would like to understand is why, instead of giving synthetic antineoplastons, why cannot the body be stimulated to raise its own levels?
In the details about neoplastons I noted that there was no mention of glutathione. Cancer patients also have no glutathione hence are subject to phenomenal free radical assault
If a person is acid [pH in the 4's] and has close to zero glutathione and has had some physical or psychological trauma [Hamer], then its virtually a miracle that antineoplastons would have any effect!
2) Cholesterol: You made the statement, ‘Surely you know of the connection between cholesterol and heart disease…’ If you have read the book The Cholesterol Myth by Uffy Ravnskov or any of the Price=Pottenger data, you would know that cholesterol, per se, has NO connection to CVD. The cholesterol - CVD mythology is a product of the statin pharmaceutical manufacturers. If cholesterol is a cause of CVD, then it would benefit one to take a statin drug to lower this killer. And billions of dollars of statins have been sold on this premise.
The aftermath of the statins is a colossal impairment of people's health and a lot of quiet deaths.Please reference the role of cholesterol as a repair substance and as one of the most essential nutrients the body requires along with glutathione, 7.0 pH and natural antineoplastons.”
My reply:
1) I’m not sure if the body can be stimulated to produce more antineoplastons, Earl. This is a question I will run by Dr. Burzynksi when I next have the opportunity to speak with him. Certainly the other factors you raise are important, too, not only with regard to cancer, but for other diseases, as well. Given that Dr. Burzynski does not address these issues makes the successes he is achieving with antineoplaston therapy all the more remarkable. However, as you point out, if people with cancer did address them in conjunction with their treatment, I am convinced that even higher success rates could be achieved.
2) You are correct to take me to task regarding cholesterol. I don’t agree that cholesterol levels should be ignored altogether however. My understanding is that it’s not cholesterol levels per se that matter, but whether or not they are oxidized, which is why monitoring homocysteine levels, along with C-reactive protein, etc, is so important. In addition, a number of studies suggest that low total cholesterol levels are dangerous to health, which ties into the point you are making.
And you are certainly correct about statins. This class of drugs represents one of Big Pharma’s most successful and profitable cons, one that most conventional MDs are still party too, albeit in most cases (I hope) unwittingly. Interestingly, before statin drugs were developed, it was commonly accepted by doctors that dangerously elevated cholesterol levels could be effectively dealt with simply by supplementing with niacin (vitamin B). This was demonstrated by Dr. Abram Hoffer as far back as the 1950s.
Thanks very much for writing, Earl.
Recommendation
Book
The Education of Oversoul Seven by Jane Roberts. This is one of my favorite novels because of how wonderfully it explores our multidimensional nature. I first read it many years ago, and keep coming back to it every few years because of how much it challenges what I think I know about myself.
Medical Freedom
Please contact and support the following organizations dedicated to protecting our health freedoms.
Citizens for Health - http://www.citizens.org
Alliance for Natural Health – http://www.alliance-natural-health.org (The leading organization fighting to preserve health f/r/e/edom in England and the EU.)
Institute for Health Freedom – http://www.ForHealthF/r/e/edom.org
International Advocates for Health Freedom (IAHF) – http://www.iahf.com
And to learn how corrupt and extensive Big Pharma’s monopoly is, visit http://www.pnc.com.au/~cafmr/online/research/index.html the website for the Campaign Against Fraudulent Medical Research. In particular, read their in-depth report The Pharmaceutical Drug Racket that you will find there.
That’s all for this week.
Health and Blessings!
Larry Trivieri, Jr.
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